Why Hiring the Right People Is Crucial in Inhouse Travel Teams

Over the years, we’ve been asked to recruit travel staff for many corporate companies and their inhouse teams.     

We’re not necessarily known to these businesses at the beginning of their search, after all, they’re global organisations with their own Preferred Supplier List of recruitment companies (and we’re a small business in a very specific niche!) They usually work with recruiters who specialise in the sector that the business operates in, ie a law firm will have law recruiters that they work with regularly.

So how have we been able to fill positions that their regular agencies haven’t?

– We’re a leading Business Travel and Travel Technology recruitment partner who despite having just 2 employees, are recognised and trusted advisors within our niche.

– The Business Travel sector practically runs through our blood and we’re extremely well connected with a huge network of industry professionals within our reach.

– Our knowledge and insight in to how restructuring a corporate travel programme can benefit a company means we know what experience to look for in candidates.

– We can do more than just read a CV. We interpret, hold in depth conversations, dig deeper into the trenches of someone’s current role because we understand what they do.

– We’re big believers in personality based recruiting… getting to know our candidates as people and allowing them to get to know us has always been our superpower.

– We know that poor hires increase leaking, inefficiency and supplier friction. They can quickly lose control of the travel programme and spend, resulting in less compliance and patchy knowledge of protocol across a business.

–  When we talk to our clients, they’re filled with a sense of confidence that we understand their issues, their goals and their vision of the person who can transform their business.

It often feels like the Travel function of any large organisation is a second thought. No one knows quite where it should sit, who is the best person to oversee it, what level of responsibility they should be having.

But it’s such a key area that can result in some huge reductions in travel spend, a more thorough and responsible approach to sustainability and above all, a solid duty of care plan for employees travelling the world.

We love to present our clients with a range of people from the corporate travel world, from those who work for in house travel teams already as well as those from a Travel Management Company (TMC) background. We want to help them identify where the knowledge gaps are in their business and show them candidates who can really deliver strategic, data driven results.

We’re all about getting the right person with the right skill set and luckily for our clients, we know what we’re talking about when it comes to business travel. Hiring experienced travel professionals reduces programme risk for ALL businesses – it’s a no brainer that the people in these roles should be experts in their fields. In our opinion,it’s such a constantly evolving industry that you have to have inhouse travel teams with:

In depth travel knowledge – it’s more than just knowing how to make a booking!

A strategic mindset

Commercial awareness and negotiation skills

Fantastic supplier relationships

Ability to communicate and relate to people at all levels across a business

The ability to make analytical and data driven decisions.

If you’re looking to add to your inhouse travel team in with roles such as Head of Travel, Travel Manager, Travel Co-ordinator, Travel Category Manager or Travel Administrator, we’re the people who can help!

Please get in touch for an initial chat where we can find out more about your business and the role/s you’re looking to fill. There’s no pressure to continue the conversation if you feel we’re not the right recruitment partner for you but hopefully we’ll be able to show you just how our knowledge and experience in the corporate travel world can be of benefit.